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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Long March 3B/E | Fengyun-4C. It is scheduled to be launched by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China at 2025-12-26 16:00:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 122 out of 235 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Earth Science and the payload will be injected into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).

China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.

• [2025-12-26 16:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 3B/E | Fengyun-4C from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-28 02:08:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | CSG-3 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-12-28 13:18:05 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02 from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation.
• [2025-12-29 06:06:00 UTC] 🟩 Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2025-12-30 21:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Ceres-2 | Demo Flight from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Kinetica 2 | Demo Flight from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Tianlong-3 | Demo Flight from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-01-03 05:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-88 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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